Batteries are the pain of modern life as well as making modern life work.  Without the battery many of the functions we take for granted in the rich world would not be possible so we should embrace them.  What we shouldn’t do is get upset when a new piece of electrical equipment turns up and the battery needs charging.  We shouldn’t but then again we are human so…  CAN’T THIS THING CHARGE ANY FASTER?   to misquote Lady Gaga.